By David Rose, Director LACS Training Brussels
Consistently effective public speakers have, together with a range of other skills, a voice that helps engage, inform and influence their audiences.
Question: Which three ‘voice ingredients’ do they all use?
Answer: Pausing, variation and projection
So, let’s have a look at the ‘what’ and ‘how’ of each of these in turn:
Caution: Most speakers’ commonest mistake is not pausing regularly and systematically, especially in the crucial first minute when their adrenaline-fuelled nerves are at their highest.
